Exchanged - Owner now passed away

fezster

Rushed44 wrote: »

It's the vendors solicitor that has invited me to a meeting next week. My plan is to attend but I won't be agreeing to anything.

As others have already said, there is no need for you to attend. If contracts are indeed exchanged, then this is binding on the executors of the estate. Let your solicitor proceed and do not deviate from what they instruct, otherwise you may end up causing unnecessary problems for yourself.

Rosemary7391

diggingdude wrote: »

Somewhere on this forum there is a fantastic thread where a seller refused to sell after exchange. I can't find it on the phone but have a look, it was very informative

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1806123/vendors-pull-out-after-exchange-of-contract&highlight=welshwoofs


It's over a 1000 posts long...

csgohan4

Rosemary7391 wrote: »

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1806123/vendors-pull-out-after-exchange-of-contract&highlight=welshwoofs


It's over a 1000 posts long...

The conclusion is on page 40 for those interested, suffice to say the vendor caved in as they would have a lot of more loses if they didn't settle

BrassicWoman

I would not go to any meetings with the vendor's solicitor; no point,

There's only two options; they complete as planned, or you are compensated for your losses.

Your own solicitor is the best person to explain this in legal terms.

Your involvement will only risk you get sidetracked by a sob story. No point at all. I would withdraw, and ask for all correspondence to be address to your solicitor.

marcmc84

She is obviously a bit thick. Her solicitor should be advising her what rights she has (none) / will need to do if she wants to keep the house and the money she will need to pay in compensation. Tell your solicitor to proceed with completion on agreed date.

TonyMMM

Rushed44 wrote: »

Her solicitor has also been in contact with me asking me to attend a meeting in his office next week.

Under no circumstances should you consider going to such a meeting. It will no doubt just be an exercise in trying to make you feel guilty and try and get you to agree to cancel/vary the contract on their terms.

If you really want the house then you must keep things clearly through your solicitor - a simple message confirming that you expect completion to take place on the date agreed is all the communication required.

Her solicitor will have to tell her that withdrawing from the contract is going to be very expensive for the estate.

If the daughter calls you again, you should politely express your condolences and that you understand this is a difficult situation for her, but ask her to conduct all future communication via your respective solicitors.

macman

At this point we don't even know if the daughter is the executor, sole beneficiary, or whatever. Until probate is granted she has no right to have any involvement with the sale, nor should she be contacting the buyer.
OP, tell your solicitor to speak to hers and explain to her very clearly that either the sale proceeds to completion on the contracted date, at the contracted price, or the estate will face a substantial claim for breach of contract. Did she not understand this when you spoke to her?
Walking away is an option, but then you would still have to pursue the return of your deposit and your other costs. It's your choice.

davidmcn

Rushed44 wrote: »

It's the vendors solicitor that has invited me to a meeting next week.

Highly unprofessional of them to contact another party directly when they know that you have your own solicitor - they should only be communicating with your solicitor. If that's what's happened then your solicitor ought to start by giving them a slap on the wrists.

CocoLouie

Why ask for advice and then ignore it?


DON'T SPEAK WITH ANY SOLICTOR EXCEPT FOR YOUR OWN.


If you think you know better then everyone who is advising against it then ask your solicitor what they would advise.

Rushed44

An eventful morning so far.

Daughter was on the phone again asking if we had made a decision. I told her we had, it was that she should conduct all further communication through our solicitor and I would message her their details and then I said goodbye to her. I then messaged her the details.

Also got an email from vendors solicitor regarding our proposed meeting. It apologised for the mix up and said I wasn't to attend. They did comment on the situation stating it was highly unusual but had already contacted my solicitor to move forward.

I guess now it's a case of simply waiting.